American League Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all
1. Allison • MIN 7.4
2. Peters • CHW 7.0
3. Pascual • MIN 6.9
4. Yastrzemski • BOS 6.6
5. Radatz • BOS 5.5
6. Kaline • DET 5.4
7. Hall • MIN 5.4
8. Howard • NYY 5.2
9. Pearson • LAA 4.9
10. Pizarro • CHW 4.8
WAR Position Players
1. Allison • MIN 7.4
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 6.6
3. Kaline • DET 5.4
4. Hall • MIN 5.4
5. Howard • NYY 5.2
6. Pearson • LAA 4.9
7. Hansen • CHW 4.6
8. Fregosi • LAA 4.3
9. Cash • DET 4.2
10. Killebrew • MIN 4.2
Offensive WAR
1. Allison • MIN 5.7
2. Pearson • LAA 5.5
3. Yastrzemski • BOS 5.3
4. Ward • CHW 5.2
5. Kaline • DET 5.2
6. Howard • NYY 4.8
7. Tresh • NYY 4.8
8. Battey • MIN 4.7
9. Fregosi • LAA 4.4
Killebrew • MIN 4.4
Defensive WAR
1. Hansen • CHW 3.7
2. Boyer • NYY 2.1
3. Richardson • NYY 2.0
4. Causey • KCA 2.0
5. Kubek • NYY 1.9
6. Aparicio • BAL 1.6
7. Robinson • BAL 1.6
8. Fox • CHW 1.4
9. Brinkman • WSA 1.3
10. Howard • NYY 1.3
Batting Average
1. Yastrzemski • BOS .321
2. Kaline • DET .312
3. Rollins • MIN .307
4. Pearson • LAA .304
5. Ward • CHW .295
6. Malzone • BOS .291
7. Wagner • LAA .291
8. Howard • NYY .287
9. Fregosi • LAA .287
10. Battey • MIN .285
On-Base%
1. Yastrzemski • BOS .418
2. Pearson • LAA .402
3. Cash • DET .386
4. Allison • MIN .378
5. Kaline • DET .375
6. Tresh • NYY .371
7. Battey • MIN .369
8. Robinson • CHW .361
9. Rollins • MIN .359
10. Colavito • DET .358
Slugging %
1. Killebrew • MIN .555
2. Allison • MIN .533
3. Howard • NYY .528
4. Stuart • BOS .521
5. Hall • MIN .521
6. Kaline • DET .514
7. Tresh • NYY .487
8. Ward • CHW .482
9. Battey • MIN .476
10. Yastrzemski • BOS .475
On-Base Plus Slugging
1. Allison • MIN .911
2. Killebrew • MIN .904
3. Yastrzemski • BOS .894
4. Kaline • DET .889
5. Howard • NYY .869
6. Hall • MIN .863
7. Tresh • NYY .857
8. Cash • DET .856
9. Battey • MIN .845
10. Ward • CHW .835
Games Played
1. Robinson • BAL 161
2. Colavito • DET 160
3. Versalles • MIN 159
4. Alvis • CLE 158
Charles • KCA 158
6. Stuart • BOS 157
Ward • CHW 157
Lumpe • KCA 157
Pepitone • NYY 157
10. Hall • MIN 156
At Bats
1. Richardson • NYY 630
2. Versalles • MIN 621
3. Stuart • BOS 612
4. Charles • KCA 603
5. Alvis • CLE 602
6. Aparicio • BAL 601
7. Ward • CHW 600
8. Colavito • DET 597
Moran • LAA 597
10. Lumpe • KCA 595
Plate Appearances
1. Colavito • DET 692
2. Pearson • LAA 684
3. Charles • KCA 679
4. Yastrzemski • BOS 668
Richardson • NYY 668
6. Ward • CHW 667
Versalles • MIN 667
8. Lumpe • KCA 663
9. Alvis • CLE 660
10. Stuart • BOS 659
Runs Scored
1. Allison • MIN 99
2. Pearson • LAA 92
3. Yastrzemski • BOS 91
Colavito • DET 91
Tresh • NYY 91
6. Kaline • DET 89
7. Hall • MIN 88
Killebrew • MIN 88
9. Bruton • DET 84
10. Fregosi • LAA 83
Hits
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 183
2. Ward • CHW 177
3. Pearson • LAA 176
4. Kaline • DET 172
5. Fregosi • LAA 170
6. Malzone • BOS 169
7. Richardson • NYY 167
8. Alvis • CLE 165
9. Moran • LAA 164
10. Rollins • MIN 163
Total Bases
1. Stuart • BOS 319
2. Ward • CHW 289
3. Killebrew • MIN 286
4. Kaline • DET 283
5. Allison • MIN 281
6. Alvis • CLE 277
7. Yastrzemski • BOS 271
8. Colavito • DET 261
9. Pepitone • NYY 260
10. Hall • MIN 259
Doubles
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 40
2. Ward • CHW 34
3. Alvis • CLE 32
Causey • KCA 32
Torres • LAA 32
6. Versalles • MIN 31
7. Francona • CLE 29
Colavito • DET 29
Fregosi • LAA 29
Moran • LAA 29
Triples
1. Versalles • MIN 13
2. Fregosi • LAA 12
Hinton • WSA 12
4. Cimoli • KCA 11
5. Aparicio • BAL 8
Bruton • DET 8
7. Clinton • BOS 7
Alvis • CLE 7
Lumpe • KCA 7
10. Bressoud • BOS 6
Landis • CHW 6
Robinson • CHW 6
Ward • CHW 6
McAuliffe • DET 6
Thomas • LAA 6
Howard • NYY 6
Richardson • NYY 6
Home Runs
1. Killebrew • MIN 45
2. Stuart • BOS 42
3. Allison • MIN 35
4. Hall • MIN 33
5. Howard • NYY 28
6. Kaline • DET 27
Pepitone • NYY 27
Lock • WSA 27
9. Cash • DET 26
Wagner • LAA 26
Battey • MIN 26
Runs Batted In
1. Stuart • BOS 118
2. Kaline • DET 101
3. Killebrew • MIN 96
4. Colavito • DET 91
Allison • MIN 91
6. Wagner • LAA 90
7. Pepitone • NYY 89
8. Howard • NYY 85
9. Ward • CHW 84
Battey • MIN 84
Bases on Balls
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 95
2. Pearson • LAA 92
3. Allison • MIN 90
4. Cash • DET 89
5. Colavito • DET 84
6. Tresh • NYY 83
7. Siebern • KCA 79
8. Hansen • CHW 78
9. Gentile • BAL 76
10. Killebrew • MIN 72
Strikeouts
1. Nicholson • CHW 175
2. Lock • WSA 151
3. Stuart • BOS 144
4. Clinton • BOS 118
5. Alvis • CLE 109
Allison • MIN 109
7. Killebrew • MIN 105
8. Fregosi • LAA 104
9. Gentile • BAL 101
Hall • MIN 101
Stolen Bases
1. Aparicio • BAL 40
2. Hinton • WSA 25
3. Snyder • BAL 18
Wood • DET 18
5. Pearson • LAA 17
6. Tartabull • KCA 16
7. McCraw • CHW 15
Weis • CHW 15
Charles • KCA 15
Richardson • NYY 15
Singles
1. Pearson • LAA 139
2. Richardson • NYY 138
3. Malzone • BOS 127
4. Yastrzemski • BOS 126
5. Lumpe • KCA 123
Moran • LAA 123
Rollins • MIN 123
8. Wagner • LAA 122
9. Fregosi • LAA 120
10. Aparicio • BAL 119
Fox • CHW 119
Adjusted OPS+
1. Allison • MIN 151
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 148
3. Killebrew • MIN 147
4. Kaline • DET 144
5. Howard • NYY 141
6. Tresh • NYY 140
7. Hall • MIN 136
8. Cash • DET 136
9. Ward • CHW 134
10. Battey • MIN 134
Runs Created
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 118
2. Allison • MIN 113
3. Kaline • DET 105
4. Ward • CHW 104
5. Pearson • LAA 100
Tresh • NYY 100
7. Killebrew • MIN 99
8. Colavito • DET 95
9. Cash • DET 94
10. Stuart • BOS 91
Adj. Batting Runs
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 42
2. Allison • MIN 38
3. Kaline • DET 33
4. Killebrew • MIN 33
5. Tresh • NYY 30
6. Pearson • LAA 30
7. Cash • DET 28
8. Ward • CHW 27
9. Howard • NYY 25
10. Mantle • NYY 24
Adj. Batting Wins
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 4.3
2. Allison • MIN 3.9
3. Killebrew • MIN 3.3
Kaline • DET 3.3
5. Tresh • NYY 3.1
6. Pearson • LAA 3.1
7. Cash • DET 2.9
8. Ward • CHW 2.8
9. Howard • NYY 2.5
10. Mantle • NYY 2.5
Battey • MIN 2.5
Extra Base Hits
1. Stuart • BOS 71
2. Allison • MIN 64
3. Killebrew • MIN 63
4. Ward • CHW 62
5. Alvis • CLE 61
6. Hall • MIN 59
7. Tresh • NYY 58
8. Yastrzemski • BOS 57
9. Howard • NYY 55
10. Kaline • DET 54
Versalles • MIN 54
Times On Base
1. Yastrzemski • BOS 279
2. Pearson • LAA 271
3. Colavito • DET 247
4. Allison • MIN 236
5. Ward • CHW 234
6. Kaline • DET 230
Siebern • KCA 230
8. Cash • DET 228
9. Tresh • NYY 227
10. Charles • KCA 224
Offensive Win %
1. Yastrzemski • BOS .759
2. Allison • MIN .751
3. Kaline • DET .721
4. Tresh • NYY .711
5. Cash • DET .704
6. Killebrew • MIN .697
7. Pearson • LAA .678
Ward • CHW .678
9. Battey • MIN .671
10. Hall • MIN .668
Hit By Pitch
1. Alvis • CLE 10
2. Orsino • BAL 9
Thomas • LAA 9
4. Held • CLE 8
Dees • LAA 8
Battey • MIN 8
Rollins • MIN 8
Miñoso • WSA 8
9. Fox • CHW 7
Wood • DET 7
Wagner • LAA 7
Pepitone • NYY 7
Sacrifice Hits
1. Power • MIN 13
2. Bouton • NYY 11
3. Monbouquette • BOS 10
Fox • CHW 10
Herbert • CHW 10
Bruton • DET 10
Peña • KCA 10
Moran • LAA 10
Pearson • LAA 10
Kralick • 2TM 10
Sacrifice Flies
1. Phillips • DET 10
2. Nicholson • CHW 8
Colavito • DET 8
Charles • KCA 8
Siebern • KCA 8
6. Whitfield • CLE 7
Moran • LAA 7
Wagner • LAA 7
Hinton • WSA 7
Lock • WSA 7
Intentional Bases on Balls
1. Kaline • DET 12
2. Boyer • NYY 11
3. Held • CLE 10
4. Gentile • BAL 9
Colavito • DET 9
6. Powell • BAL 8
Tillman • BOS 8
Cash • DET 8
Wagner • LAA 8
Allen • MIN 8
Battey • MIN 8
Edwards • 2TM 8
Double Plays Grounded Into
1. Malzone • BOS 24
Stuart • BOS 24
3. Charles • KCA 21
4. Torres • LAA 20
5. Hansen • CHW 19
6. Colavito • DET 18
7. Adair • BAL 17
Clinton • BOS 17
Howard • NYY 17
10. Phillips • DET 16
Battey • MIN 16
Killebrew • MIN 16
Caught Stealing
1. Pearson • LAA 10
2. Hinton • WSA 9
3. Charles • KCA 8
4. Alvis • CLE 7
Bruton • DET 7
Wagner • LAA 7
7. Aparicio • BAL 6
Landis • CHW 6
Ward • CHW 6
Linz • NYY 6
Miñoso • WSA 6
SB %
1. Tartabull • KCA 94.12
2. Weis • CHW 93.75
Richardson • NYY 93.75
4. Aparicio • BAL 86.96
5. McCraw • CHW 78.95
6. Snyder • BAL 78.26
Wood • DET 78.26
8. Hinton • WSA 73.53
9. McAuliffe • DET 68.75
Green • MIN 68.75
Power-Speed #
1. Hinton • WSA 18.8
2. Charles • KCA 15.0
3. Wood • DET 13.7
4. Alvis • CLE 12.8
5. McAuliffe • DET 11.9
6. Geiger • BOS 11.5
7. Lock • WSA 11.1
8. Ward • CHW 10.6
9. Kirkland • CLE 10.4
10. Allison • MIN 10.2
AB per SO
1. Fox • CHW 31.7
2. Richardson • NYY 28.6
3. Power • MIN 22.5
4. Aparicio • BAL 17.2
5. Pearson • LAA 15.6
6. Lumpe • KCA 13.5
7. Malzone • BOS 12.9
8. Robinson • CHW 12.3
9. Hershberger • CHW 12.2
10. Kaline • DET 11.5
AB per HR
1. Killebrew • MIN 11.4
2. Stuart • BOS 14.6
3. Allison • MIN 15.1
4. Hall • MIN 15.1
5. Howard • NYY 17.4
6. Cash • DET 19.0
7. King • WSA 19.1
8. Battey • MIN 19.5
9. Powell • BAL 19.6
10. Lock • WSA 19.7
Outs Made
1. Charles • KCA 484
2. Richardson • NYY 483
3. Versalles • MIN 481
4. Aparicio • BAL 479
5. Stuart • BOS 478
6. Moran • LAA 465
7. Robinson • BAL 464
8. Colavito • DET 463
9. Alvis • CLE 462
10. Schilling • BOS 461
Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)
1. Kaline • DET 54.73
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 46.57
3. Allison • MIN 44.14
4. Hall • MIN 33.83
5. Cash • DET 33.10
6. Tresh • NYY 32.18
7. Pearson • LAA 31.54
8. Battey • MIN 30.66
9. Ward • CHW 28.30
10. Killebrew • MIN 27.56
Win Probability Added (WPA)
1. Kaline • DET 6.7
2. Allison • MIN 4.4
3. Yastrzemski • BOS 4.3
4. Tresh • NYY 3.9
5. Pearson • LAA 3.8
6. Ward • CHW 3.2
7. Hall • MIN 3.2
8. Mantle • NYY 3.0
9. Battey • MIN 3.0
10. Howard • NYY 2.8
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)
1. Allison • MIN 5.3
2. Kaline • DET 4.8
3. Killebrew • MIN 4.5
4. Yastrzemski • BOS 4.3
5. Cash • DET 3.5
6. Tresh • NYY 3.4
7. Ward • CHW 3.3
8. Battey • MIN 3.2
9. Pearson • LAA 3.2
10. Howard • NYY 3.1
Championship WPA (cWPA)
1. Tresh • NYY 8.1
2. Howard • NYY 6.8
3. Mantle • NYY 5.9
4. Ward • CHW 5.3
5. Yastrzemski • BOS 5.1
6. Blanchard • NYY 5.0
7. López • NYY 4.2
8. Berra • NYY 4.0
9. Maris • NYY 4.0
10. Pepitone • NYY 3.8
Base-Out Wins Added (REW)
1. Kaline • DET 5.5
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 4.7
3. Allison • MIN 4.4
4. Hall • MIN 3.4
5. Cash • DET 3.3
6. Pearson • LAA 3.3
7. Tresh • NYY 3.3
8. Battey • MIN 3.1
9. Ward • CHW 2.9
10. Killebrew • MIN 2.8
rOBA
1. Allison • MIN .414
2. Yastrzemski • BOS .409
3. Kaline • DET .406
4. Killebrew • MIN .405
5. Hall • MIN .393
6. Cash • DET .386
7. Howard • NYY .385
8. Tresh • NYY .384
9. Battey • MIN .384
10. Pearson • LAA .379
Rbat+
1. Allison • MIN 159
2. Yastrzemski • BOS 156
3. Kaline • DET 155
4. Killebrew • MIN 154
5. Hall • MIN 146
6. Pearson • LAA 144
7. Tresh • NYY 142
8. Howard • NYY 142
9. Cash • DET 140
10. Battey • MIN 139

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For batting rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/G, 1.0 IP/G, 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), and 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1901, so all leaders are since 1901. Explanation of min. requirements